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Coan to start the season as Badgers No. 2

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Jack Coan

Freshman Jack Coan will start the season next week as the Wisconsin Badgers No. 2 quarterback, backing up redshirt sophomore starter Alex Hornibrook.  He beat out Kare Lyles for the job.

Wisconsin Coach Paul Chryst confirmed Coan’s position on ESPN Madison’s “In the Trenches” radio show.

The Sayville, New York native was an early enrollee at UW.  He took part in spring practice and opened training camp comfortable and confident.

In high school, Coan passed for 9.787 yards and 128 touchdowns.  He rushed for 2,551 yards and 33 touchdowns in four seasons.

Chryst said he expects five or six freshmen to play for the Badgers this season.

The Badgers open their season Friday, Sept. 1 against Utah State at Camp Randall Stadium.

Badgers cap off spring ball tonight at Camp Randall (AUDIO)

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Alex Hornibrook

The Wisconsin Badgers cap off spring workouts with their annual spring game tonight (6:30 p.m.) at Camp Randall Stadium.

The Badgers have been able to build depth all over their roster with several starters were either limited or held out while recovering from off-season surgery.

But everyone loves to focus on the quarterback position.  Alex Hornibrook started all nine Big Ten games as a redshirt freshman in 2016.  He battled Bart Houston into the final week before the start of the season last year before finally winning the job.

All of that experience has landed Hornibrook the job for this season.  The position was handed to him during offseason workouts.

The big question at quarterback is who backs up Hornibrook? [Read more…]

Hornibrook named number-one quarterback to start spring work

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Alex Hornibrook

Last year, Wisconsin didn’t name it’s starting quarterback for the season until days before the opener against LSU at Lambeau Field.  Even though Alex Hornibrook started all nine Big Ten regular-season games as a redshirt freshman, he still shared some playing time with senior Bart Houston.

But Hornibrook, who completed 58.6% of his passes for 1,262 yards with nine touchdowns and seven interceptions, was quickly named the number one man for this season.

Kare’ Lyles will be a redshirt freshman in the fall, and freshman Jack Coan is a newcomer.  They are Hornibrook’s backups.

AUDIO: Paul Chryst on naming Alex Hornibrook his starting QB :17

The Badgers opened spring practice on Tuesday and they opened with David Edwards at left tackle, taking the spot of the departed Ryan Ramczyk.  Edwards started the final seven games last season at right tackle. [Read more…]

Lyles to miss spring ball with hip injury

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The three-star prospect from Arizona, Lyles is one of just three scholarship quarterbacks on the Badgers’ current roster along with fifth-year senior Bart Houston and redshirt freshman Alex Hornibrook.  The Badgers are trying to replace four-year starter Joel Stave this offseason.

Linebacker Dallas Jeanty will now be the only early enrollee expected to participate in spring practice.

Badgers wrap up strong recruiting class

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Paul Chryst

Paul Chryst

National Signing Day was a major success for the Wisconsin Badgers on Wednesday.

One recruiting service, Scout.com, had Paul Chryst’s 2016 recruiting class ranked at number-25 in the country.

The Badgers signed a total of 25 players on Wednesday and landed another six as preferred walk-ons.

The Badgers are making a push to re-establish their commitment to recruiting the east.  They landed safeties Eric Burrell from Severn, Maryland and Patrick Johnson from Washington, D.C., as well as tight end Jake Hescock from Massachusetts.

Chryst is confident Wisconsin will win its share of recruiting battles in that region of the country, as well as others.

Chryst said Wisconsin does a good job of identifying players and they’ll recruit against anyone. [Read more…]